Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Archives

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Arroyo flunks term assessment; all eyes on new Aquino admin

Posted on 30 June 2010
byFranz Jonathan G. de la Fuente (TNP)

LCC convener and USC vice chairperson Fermina “Amme” Agudo said, “We want to send a clear message to the Aquino administration that the Iskolar ng Bayan is united and is prepared to mobilize and be vigilant in his first 100 days.”

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PROFILE: Edcel C. Lagman

Posted on 11 June 2010
byFranz Jonathan G. de la Fuente (TNP)

Perhaps the most controversial bill Lagman has authored is House Bill 17, or the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill, which has been judged by critics as anti-life and pro-abortion.

Lagman dismissed these allegations, saying the bill strengthens family life by giving parents an informed choice in planning their families. Still, opponents of the Bill, notably the Catholic Church, dispute these claims.

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PROFILE: Renato C. Corona

Posted on 24 May 201024 May 2010
byFranz Jonathan G. de la Fuente (TNP)

With an apparently pro-Arroyo voting record favoring government secrecy and his wife an official of a controversial state-owned company, Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato C. Corona’s eight-year term gets off to a rocky start.